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‘Then I understood’: connecting again with the Porirua Stream
Poet, chaplain, father and Tawa local John Dennison goes exploring down the backyard… and discovers a taonga
Read MoreWeekend Reading – Saturday 21.10.17
This week TalkWellington’s had a mole at the Asian Pacific Cycle Congress (a gathering of bike-geeky types talking about how to get more people biking), held in Christchurch/Ōtautahi. We’ll distil the most interesting morsels for you later, but for now: things that struck us comparing our Wellington region towns and the Garden City. Rebuilding after…
Read MoreWeekend Reading – Saturday 14.10.17
Buses, houses, and old stuff: this weekend’s reading is full of goodness! “Bye bye, Leccy Bus” A small girl getting off a trolley bus ahead of me yesterday said it, and from 1st November we’ll say bye to the last vestiges of the network. From Congestion Free Wellington: “Wellington Cable Car Ltd (owned by…
Read MoreWeekend Reading – Saturday 7.10.17
SATURDAY 7.10.17 Talk Wellington’s weekend pick ’n’ mix for your reading pleasure Women in Cities? Cities for Everyone? Whatever next! First up is a recent Stuff article about Woman in Urbanism (WIU) movement. It’s a growing movement worldwide, and NZ’s first such group formed in June and aims to bring gender equality to Auckland city’s…
Read MoreFrom Eminence to Evidence – Smart City planning
In this age of big data, “smart cities” are gathering and using data to inform decisions about the places we live. Sean Audain looks at how this is happening in Wellington, and what it means for our engagement with our city. The intertwined systems of a city can seem as complex as a living body,…
Read MoreLunchtime Reading – 4.10.17
Lunchtime reading 4.10.17 While we’re waiting to know who the (central) government will be, some food for thought to chew over with your sandwich. Local government: more of the power (and the money)? Aotearoa’s government has one of the most centralised setups in the OECD. Most of the money (and therefore real…
Read MoreThese boots were made for walking… active transport for healthy kids (pt 1)
We all know our kids are less active now than ever before. But is there a real problem? And for Wellington kids, is their everyday environment an ally or an enemy? In part one of a series, Laura Cleary explores how well Wellington is doing, and how you and the kids in your life can…
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Election Special Edition
SATURDAY 23.9.17 As always, we’ve picked a selection of the tasty pieces of insight on sustainability, liveability and accessibility that we’ve been reading but haven’t been able to write about (yet). This week, with an election flavour! Welcome to this week’s Election Special Weekend Reading. Whatever you do, just VOTE TalkWellington won’t tell you how…
Read MoreLunchtime Reading – 11.09.17
MONDAY 11.9.17 Lunchtime Reading: interactive transport special This week: a special interactive edition! Get your teeth into these tasty transport-flavoured treats over your lunchtime sandwich, and flick off a submission on the spot. Cheaper by bus, train and ferry? Changes are afoot in how much it costs us to use public transport in our region….
Read MoreMoving in the CBD: up, down or along?
Want Light Rail? Who you gonna call? Route Busters! This week we discuss the pros and cons of rail at ground, below ground, and well above ground. Previously we looked at what route a light rail system might take from the Wellington Railway Station south (because of this and this). We made a central…
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